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Europa Francia

title: PLAYING CARD: HANNIBAL

subject date: 2007-07-25

caption: PLAYING CARDS Hannibal (247 BC – 183 BC), Hero of Hearts, from a revolutionary deck of cards published by Antoine Lefer in Paris in the 1st year of the Republic. The new values of the French Revolution and the desire to expel even the mere concept of aristocracy from daily life lead to ''revolutionizing'' the appearance of playing cards as well; the royal figures are replaced by figures prominent in civil value and virtue: the Kings become the Wise Men, the Infantrymen the Heroes. Carthaginian leader and politician, victorious in important battles of the Second Punic War, Hannibal Barca ranks among the greatest generals of antiquity in terms of tactical and strategic skills. Hand-coloured woodcut, Paris 1792.

category: HIS

city: Europa

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Francia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

place: Europa

file date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 35754

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XVIII

image epoch: Illuminismo

subject century: III - II a.C.

subject epoch: Antica Roma

technique: Xilografia acquarellata

id: 14657

file name: FSNgilardi_35754.jpg

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